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Mujeres making movies: three Latinas band to change media and the arts.(PROFILE)

Colorlines Magazine

| July 01, 2007 | Rice, LaVon | COPYRIGHT 2007 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

TWO STRAY DOGS IN VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO were responsible for the naming of Chica Luna Productions. There alone working on a documentary about the U.S. military occupation of Vieques, cofounder Elisha Miranda befriended and adopted the canine pair, which were named Chica and Luna. "Chica luna," or "girl moon," also sounded like a good name for the women-of-color artists' collective that she was launching with friends Sonia Gonzalez and Sofia Quintero. "I thought that would be a really interesting name," Miranda recalls. "We're women that howl at the moon." And how apt for "artivists" who use their voices to challenge stereotypical images of women of color.

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